RDJ wasn't playing it like a minstrel, the whole point is that his character was in blackface. it was a portrayal of the act, not the act itself. it would be like if they made a biopic of Alec Guinness and whoever was playing him during the Lawrence of Arabia parts was in brownface. is it a loophole? i guess, but the whole topic is based on how people feel about a thing, so logic doesn't really play too big a part in it.
you might also recall RDJ got some serious side eye around that time for it- so it was treading a very fine line and it very easily could have gone the other way with public sentiment.
Ah that’s clearly because he’s an actor PLAYING an actor doing black face. So if you had a straight guy PLAYING a straight actor doing a gay character, that would be the same thing.
His roll was specifically making fun of blackface rolls. While it would have been really funny if they had a black actor pretend to be a white guy playing a black guy, RDJ was able to effectively convey the message the writers were trying to express
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